Sophia Bian, Program Manager / Account Manager

Sophia Bian

Program Manager / Account Manager

ul

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Microelectronics
Experience
7 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 7 Months

Program Manager / Account Manager at ul
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2012 to December 2014

As project manager for a long-term engagement with Roads & Transport Authority Dubai, I am responsible for multiple projects related to RTA Public Transport ticketing systems. My main scope is:
- Project planning in coordination with RTA
- Managing services / product delivery based on SOW
- Managing a team of 6 -14 FTE to provide services to RTA during long-term engagement.
- Holding workshops with more than 7 stakeholders, incl. RTA, vendors for requirements gathering.
- Supporting RTA with multiple vendor management
- Leading the system design & business / technical specifications update to achieve sign-off with all stakeholders.
- Looking ahead, a feasibility study for next generation of the ticketing system.
- Innovations, i.e. NFC, Virtual Vending Machine, Open Loop system etc.

Project Manager / Delivery Manager at UL
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2011 to September 2012

Reporting to the program manager, my scope as delivery manager includes the following:
- Be responsible for constructing a delivery team, provide regular project progress update to the program manager.
- Review and quality assurance of the project delivery.
- Coordination and steering the project committee meetings with all stakeholders for project status update
- Vendor management & proposal evaluation
- Participation in design and specification resolution process of a public transport ticketing system throughout the complete project phases.

In parallel, I was also responsible for Sales and Delivery of MasterCard Formal Approval Services (FAS) for the customers in MENA region.

Senior Technical Consultant at Collis
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2009 to May 2011

Senior advising role in product design, roadmap for a Public Transport Fare Collection System, proposal evaluation, bridging technology, vendor management etc.
- Change & Release Management
- Change Impact & Risk Analysis
- Vendor implementation support
- Specification Issue Resolution Management
- Quality Assurance (Certifying AFC System to ensure interoperability)
- Establishment of Test Strategy for Certification, Integration and Interoperability Testing
- Test Management & Issue Management
- Production Issues investigation
- Trainings and Knowledge transfer to the client

Banking Payment Technical Consultant at Collis
  • Netherlands
  • June 2007 to July 2010

• Location: The Netherlands / Sweden
I worked as a banking payment technical consultant in multiple banks and local payment schemes in The Netherlands. My responsibilities can be summarized as follows:
- EMV Migration Consultant
- Project Coordinator
- Change impact analysis
- Process control
- Reporting

• Location: Germany
I worked as a technical consultant for one of e-HealthCare clients in Germany My responsibilities can be summarized as follows:
- Product development
- System Verification
- Project Management assistant
- Reporting

Product Developer at Collis
  • Netherlands
  • September 2007 to May 2008

With engineering background, I started as a software developer which equipped me with in-depth understanding in the payment technology and banking payment industry, including:
• Collis EMV PVT
• MasterCard CPV Test Suite
• Collis Brand Test Tool
• Collis Host Test Tool
• Collis C-TAP Certification Tool (Dutch domestic payment)

Education

Master's degree, Microelectronics
  • at Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • July 2007
Bachelor's degree, Electromechanics
  • at Shandong University
  • July 2004

Specialties & Skills

E payments
Project Portfolio Management
Intelligent Systems
Operational Delivery
Account Management
Delivery Management
Business Development
Program Management

Languages

English
Expert
Chinese
Expert

Memberships

Near Field Communications Group - NFC
  • Member
  • February 2011
Project Managers
  • Member
  • April 2011
Public Transport Fare Collection Systems
  • Member
  • November 2010
Smart Commerce Professionals
  • Member
  • November 2009

Training and Certifications

International Project Management Association Training (Training)
Training Institute:
IPMA
ISTQB Level 2 Certification (Training)
Training Institute:
innatelabs
PRINCE 2 Certification (Training)
Training Institute:
Axelos